Pathologic correlates of apraxia in Alzheimer disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 689-695

  Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon ^a,c   Duc, Myriam ^a   Gold, Gabriel ^a   Hof, Patrick R ^b   Michel, Jean Pierre ^a   Bouras, Constantin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Hôpital Belle Idèe   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENILE PLAQUES;

EID: 0031976155     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.5.689     Document Type: Article

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